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IEEE MEMBERS SELECT MICHAEL R. LIGHTNER AS 2005 IEEE PRESIDENT-ELECT

PISCATAWAY, N.J., 5 Nov. -- Michael R. Lightner, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science at the College of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Colorado at Boulder, has been selected 2005 IEEE president-elect. Pending acceptance of the Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors, Lightner will begin serving as IEEE president on 1 Jan. 2006. He will succeed 2005 IEEE President W. Cleon Anderson, chief project engineer at L-3 Communication Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Of the 253,153 ballots mailed, 35,420 valid ballots (13.99 percent) were returned. This compares with the 2003 return of 15.09 percent. All results are unofficial until the IEEE Board of Directors accepts the report of the Teller's Committee during the 21 November Board meeting.

The other two candidates for IEEE president-elect were Levent Onural, professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BilkentUniversity in Ankara, Turkey, and James M. Tien, Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Lightner, Onural and Tien all were nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors. Of the members who voted, 16,735 selected Lighter. Onural received 5,412 votes, and Tien received 11,940.

Lightner, an IEEE Fellow, joined the IEEE as a Student Member in 1971. He has served on the IEEE Board of Directors and IEEE Executive Committee, most recently as vice president of the Publication Services and Products Board. He also held positions as Division I director and vice president of the Technical Activities Board (TAB). He has served on numerous committees, including the IEEE Nominations and Appointments and TAB Finance Committees. He also is a past president of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and was awarded an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000.

In addition to his current position as a professor at the University of Colorado's College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lightner also is a senior engineering consultant with Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. He also has held positions with the University of British Columbia, the University of Illinois, AT&T Bell Labs, Coordinated Science Laboratory and the IBMWatsonResearchCenter.

Other Officers Named
The following candidates were selected as division delegate/division director for 2005-2006: Division II, Robert D. Lorenz; Division VI, Clinton J. Andrews; Division X, E. (Litsa) Micheli-Tzanakou. They will take office on 1 Jan. 2005.

The following candidates were selected as division delegate-elect/director-elect for 2005: Division I, Steven J. Hillenius; Division III, Mark J. Karol; Division V, Oscar N. Garcia; and Division IX, Richard V. Cox. They will take office as director on 1 Jan. 2006.

The following candidates were selected as director-elect for 2005-2006: Region 2, John Dentler; Region 4, Robert J. Dawson; Region 6, Loretta J. Arellano; and Region 10, Janina Mazierska. They will take office on 1 Jan. 2007.

Elected to serve two-year terms on the Standards Association Board of Governors as members-at-large are Jean M. Baronas and George D. Gregory. They will take office on 1 Jan. 2005.

Celia L. Desmond was elected to serve as vice president-elect of IEEE Technical Activities. She will succeed 2005 Technical Activities Vice President John Vig on 1 Jan. 2006.

Elected as IEEE-USA president-elect was Ralph W. Wyndrum, Jr. He will assume the office of IEEE-USA president on 1 Jan. 2006. Taking office as IEEE-USA member-at-large on 1 Jan. 2005 will be James M. Howard.

In addition, this year, all requirements for the constitutional amendment to pass have been met.

For more information, visit the 2004 IEEE Annual Elections Web page.

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